Uttar Pradesh

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

UP renews demand for Bundelkhand package

With the Congress deciding to hold a rally in Banda on April 30 to highlight the miseries of the people living in Bundelkhand, the Bahujan Samaj Party Government has revived Uttar Pradesh's demand for a special package saying "without this help the region cannot prosper". "The State Government does not …

50,000 trees to be axed for highway

Greater Noida: The widening of GT Road NH-91, a project of six-lane highway from Ghaziabad to Aligarh via Bulandshahr, will cost the felling of shady trees planted on the both sides of the road at the time of Emperor Sher Shah Suri. About 19,000 trees will be cut for the …

In countrys record harvest, UPs share is an all-time high

As India expects a record wheat harvest this year, Uttar Pradesh is tipped to produce more than 300 lakh metric tonnes of the crop this year

UP wants out of central project after Yamuna blitz

Lucknow The success of the Yamuna Expressway project has made the Uttar Pradesh government chary of investing in the centrally-sponsored Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) proposal to develop a similar region east of its own project. This is the opposite of what other state governments in the region …

Noida farmers protest: Not told our land was for farms

Angry that land acquired from them had been allotted as farmland with the condition that owners would be required to use a major portion for farming, Noida farmers are threatening to call a Mahapanchayat against the allotment by authorities. On learning that that their agricultural land had been

Satellite town plan to go beyond 2012 deadline

The pilot scheme to develop satellite towns around seven mega cities will spill over to the 12th Plan period (2013 to 2018), as against the original deadline of April 2012. The urban development ministry is in the process of writing to the Planning Commission to seek more time for executing …

Nodal agency details about sanitation plans

LUCKNOW: The proposed city sanitation plan (CSP) for Lucknow inched a step further with Crisil, the agency deputed for the purpose, giving a presentation before members of CSP task force at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Tuesday. The agency had given a representation earlier also highlighting the civic loopholes …

Centre extends Rs 50 bonus MSP for wheat

LUCKNOW: Union textile and food minister K V Thomas, who is in the city on an official tour, said that the Centre has announced a bonus of Rs 50 over minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,120 per quintal for wheat. He reviewed the storage capacity in the state and …

UPPCL warned the private franchisee company for cancellation of the agreement

UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has warned the private franchisee company Torrent Power, currently managing power distribution in Agra city, for cancellation of the agreement. The private company which was handed over power distribution in Agra a year ago have reportedly defied the terms of agreement with power corporation by …

No polio cases in Uttar Pradesh for a year

Uttar Pradesh, one of the polio-endemic states, has been able to check the transmission of the wild polio virus for almost a year now, while Bihar, another endemic state, has not reported any case for seven months now. Till last year, the success was limited to controlling the spread of …

Minister seeks details on plantation targets

LUCKNOW: The forest officers were directed by the forest minister to meet the plantation targets for Bundelkhand and Vindhyachal regions for 2011-12 on time. The minister also sought clarification from 37 forest divisions, which have not met the plantation targets for the last year or the ones, where the quality …

Tsunami effect in UP Ongoing JICA-funded projects in jeopardy

Tremors of Japan's earthquake are being felt in Uttar Pradesh as government officials are sceptic about funding by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the ongoing projects as this Land of Rising Sun is itself facing a financial crunch post-tsunami. The JICA is financing projects including Gangajal under which …

LDA allays farmers' fears, not to acquire land under extended master plan

LUCKNOW: Allaying fears of farmers that their land would be acquired under the extended master plan, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday said that it would not be the case. The authority in a statement said that the new 197 villages, which have been incorporated in the master plan …

Annual sugar production in UP might decline

LUCKNOW: In spite of increase in sugar cane area and substantial hike of Rs 40 per quintal in the state advised price (SAP) of sugar cane from Rs 170 to 210, this year, Uttar Pradesh runs short of its sugar production target this year. With cane crushing season almost drawing …

Sadhus rally for clean Yamuna

New Delhi: By the time Yamuna reaches Vrindavan-Mathura-Gokul, it is essentially a stream of sludge. A holy dip could leave you sick. A group of s a d h u s from the Mathura-Vrindavan area along with farmers with plots on the river-course started on a march from Allahabad in …

GB Nagar gets Rs 54 crore for development

The district planning board here has approved Rs 54 crore for the development of Gautam Budh Nagar in the current year. The fund will be remitted to the 36 departmental accounts by the state government, which will be spent in a planned manner, it is learnt. Maximum funds have been …

Draft masterplan finalised for Yamuna Expressway development

First phase will develop area up to Jevar in Gautam Budh Nagar; plan to be put up for approval next month The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), responsible for charting the development of the region around the Yamuna Expressway that will connect Greater Noida with Agra, has finalised a …

150 recipes for UP midday meals soon

Beginning July, the food being served under the midday meal programme across primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh will have more variety. The Uttar Pradesh Midday Meal Authority (UPMDMA) is preparing a recipe book, with 150 recipes to choose from. These recipes will be created keeping in mind …

GB Nagar tops in education, sex ratio: Census

Gautam Budh Nagar has registered all round progress on different fronts during the past 10 years, stated the latest census report. Literacy has jumped from 56.83 per cent in 2001 to 82.2 per cent in 2011. In woman literacy, district tops the state while population in G B Nagar has …

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